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A HANDFUL of the oldest snapshots of Saddleworth are to be displayed as part of this year’s Festival of the Arts. These are just a few of the oldest existing...
Date Published 17/05/2011
FELL runners in Saddleworth are over the moon after scooping a prestigious status for their annual dash. Members of the Saddleworth Runners will have a spring in their step...
BATMAN and Robin took a break from saving the world to raise funds for a special mobility centre. The superheroes — aka Steve Bradley (33) and his son, Dylan (5), from Grotton...
A FORMER Counthill School teacher stumbled across a significant discovery in his local history class. John Fidler (71), who teaches the Local History of Oldham class at...
OLDHAM Corrie star Antony Cotton has slammed David Cameron for backing a ban on showing same-sex kisses on TV before the 9pm watershed. The former Oldham Theatre Workshop...
UNEMPLOYED people could soon be forced to take up job placements or face losing their benefits under Government plans. Jobcentre Plus advisers will be able to refer people...
Shaw & Crompton Parish Council A JD WETHERSPOON pub could soon be appearing in place of the arson-wrecked Greensway Shopping Centre. Parish councillors unanimously...
A 142-year-old oil painting from Oldham said to be “one of the finest Victorian nude paintings ever produced” is expected to sell for up to £500,000 today....
POLICE want to speak to people who may have witnessed a man being raped in an Oldham nightclub toilet. The 22-year-old victim was in a cubicle of the toilets in The Lock...
DOGS will be banned from all children’s play areas in Oldham under new control orders which come into force next week. But the regulations will not apply to dogs...
Grim discovery at beauty spot MYSTERY surrounds the death of an elderly woman whose body was found in the Rochdale Canal just yards from a busy supermarket. Shoppers were...
WOMAN'S BODY FOUND IN CANAL CRIMESTOPPERS RING UP YEAR OF SUCCESS STEPHENS BACK BUT FUTURE IN DOUBT ...to read these stories and more buy thoight's Chronicle or register...
FORMER members of St Paul’s Methodist Church Youth Fellowship rekindled old friendships during a reunion weekend. The Rochdale Road Church celebrated its 200th...
Date Published 16/05/2011
WITH oil supplies running out worldwide, car designers are constantly searching for alternative power sources for our vehicles. Here ALAN SALTER gives his verdict on the new...
MARTYN TORR meets Paul Braithwaite — a climber who was once scared of heights! I COULD hardly believe my ears . . . an Oldham man around whose neck the adjective legend...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 6.00 Banksy (nap) 6.30 Poyle Punch 7.00 Baltic Light...
CRICKET: SHAW created Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League history on Saturday — and bagged the prized scalp of champions Bamford...
FOSTER Care Fortnight, which starts today, is an annual UK-wide campaign co-ordinated by the charity Fostering Network to encourage anyone interested in fostering to come forward....
TRIBUTES have been paid to a community stalwart who has died following a battle with cancer. Peter Harold Blundell MBE, from Diggle, lost his fight for life, aged 58, at the...
CRICKET: CHRIS McDonnell continued his superb form in the Lake Garage CLL with a match-winning century at Ashton. The Oldham skipper's knock of 123 enabled his side to...
CRICKET: Bowlers turn it round to clinch unlikely home victory ROYTON snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in an enthralling Lake Garage CLL match of fluctuating...
CHARITY walkers who have dubbed themselves the Blister Sisters are getting fit for a 50-mile hike. And Michelle Sutton, Anna Leatherbarrow, Kirsty Absalom and Zoe Close have...
ECO-MINDED locals are being urged to waste no time in applying for funding to make Oldham a greener place. The Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) is forking...
Marian hands over the reins after party to celebrate 30 years of caring THIRTY years of helping the housebound are being celebrated in Saddleworth. Members of the...
City’s cup success the first of many — Kompany VINCENT Kompany dropped the FA Cup — but the defender vowed to become a pass master at carrying silverware...
MANCHESTER City will hold a victory parade on May 23 to celebrate winning the FA Cup. The event will start at 6pm on the day after the end of the current Barclays Premier...
City Kit boss Les on that famous victory... I AM so full of pride after seeing Manchester City lift the FA Cup on Saturday. Yaya Toure’s 74th-minute winner sealed our...
RYAN Giggs is certain the current crop of Manchester United players are destined for greater success. At 37, the veteran Welshman knows he will not play for too much longer....
CARLOS Tevez has revealed he would be happy to stay at Manchester City if he can find a solution to his family issues. Strong speculation has linked the Argentina striker with...
THE NSPCC has today launched a text service to encourage on-the-spot reports of child abuse to its helpline. The text number — 88858 — is free and available 24...
